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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Lacey Tauber, Representative from Brooklyn Borough President's Office
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Lacey Tauber, representing Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, expressed support for Intros 107 and 1130, addressing air quality issues in low-income communities of color exacerbated by last-mile delivery facilities. She highlighted the need for robust legislation to regulate emissions from these facilities and called for additional measures to protect workers.
- Emphasized the impact of air pollution on low-income communities of color, particularly in areas with high concentrations of last-mile facilities
- Outlined specific improvements needed for Intro 1130, including clarification on regulation responsibilities and emission reduction timelines
- Stressed the importance of passing Intro 107 to improve air quality monitoring and data collection
Lacey Tauber
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Okay.
1:55:01
Great.
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Hi, everyone.
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My name is Lacey Tauber.
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I am here on behalf of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to express his solidarity with the impacted communities you will hear from today and his full support for Intros one hundred seven and 11:30.
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I did a little real time editing of this for a time not so as not to be too repetitive, but just to say that I think we all agree and know that, know, city data shows that air quality varies broadly by type of pollutant, location, and time, but it definitely has an outsized impact on our low income communities of color, which has also been borne out by the recent DEC data that we've really been diving into that was discussed today.
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And that this has been exacerbated in these neighborhoods by concentration of these last mile facilities such as in Red Hook and Sunset Park, which actually has even more facilities than I thought.
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As they mentioned today, I think we said seven, they said 19, in their testimony earlier.
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And DOT's recent preliminary Red Hook traffic study showed hundreds of trucks per hour on Red Hook's small streets creating air quality and safety issues for residents including those who live at the largest public housing development in Brooklyn.
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Borough President Reynoso thanks the administration for its commitment to addressing this pressing issue through new programs that were discussed today like the micro delivery hubs, the blue highways, the zoning text amendment that DCP is working on to address facility concentration, and of course, the indirect source rule legislation.
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In its current form, it's only the beginning of what the borough president hopes will be a robust piece of legislation that responds to community concerns.
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Details that need to be flushed out include assurance that the bill's final language will not impact active manufacturing businesses, clarification about who is responsible for regulating and reporting on emissions owners versus operators a framework and a timeline for required emissions reductions and a penalty structure for failing to meet that timeline and requirements for the frequency and method of reporting.
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Additionally, Rural President Reynoso hopes that this council will develop and pass new legislation to address working conditions associated with these last mile facilities.
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Previous versions of, this legislation were designed to regulate these warehouses.
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They contained both environmental and labor protections.
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We just wanna stress that these, should not be set up as competing interests but rather as companion proposals.
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Finally, on intro one zero seven, borough president Reynoso originally introduced this bill when he was a council member and it's long past time for it to pass.
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I think we're very open to discussion about the bill's scale But the point is that consistent and accurate reporting leads to action.
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I am almost done.
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And our existing air quality data is insufficient.
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I think, you know, we I was happy to hear about the working group, but, you know, folks wouldn't be out there with the purple air monitors standing on the street corners if they felt that the data that they had was accurately, reflecting their, experience on the ground.
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So I hope we can all work together on some next steps there.
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So thank you so much again for holding this hearing, and BP Reynoso is really excited to work with all of you, on all of these next steps.
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Thank you so much.